Ávalos
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Ávalos is a Spanish
surname, it could refer to:
The d'Avalos family were prominent in medieval Italy :
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
surname, it could refer to:
- Cristiano Ávalos dos PassosCristiano Ávalos dos PassosCristiano Espindola de Ávalos dos Passos is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Vilavelhense Futebol Clube, as a central defender.-Career:...
(1977-), Brazilian footballer - Enrique Tovar ÁvalosEnrique Tovar ÁvalosEnrique Tovar Ávalos was a Mexican film director notable for remaking several Universal Horror films into Spanish language versions. These include La Voluntad del muerto and Drácula ....
, Mexican film director - Fernando Horácio ÁvalosFernando Horácio ÁvalosFernando Horácio Ávalos is an Argentine footballer who plays for C.F. União in Portugal, as a central defender.-Football career:...
(1978-), Argentine footballer - José Vicente Rangel ÁvalosJosé Vicente Rangel ÁvalosJosé Vicente Rangel Ávalos is a Venezuelan politician, former mayor of Sucre Municipality in Caracas. He is the son of Venezuelan former vice president José Vicente Rangel Vale and Chilean sculptor Ana Avalos.-References:...
(19xx-), the mayor of Sucre MunicipalitySucre Municipality, MirandaThe Sucre Municipality is one of the 21 municipalities that makes up the Venezuelan state of Miranda and, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 640,762. The city of Petare is the shire town of the Sucre...
in VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south... - Juan de ÁvalosJuan de ÁvalosJuan de Ávalos y García-Taborda was a Spanish sculptor....
(1911-2006), Spanish sculptor - John AvalosJohn AvalosJohn Avalos is a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 11. The district consists of Crocker-Amazon, Excelsior, Ingleside, Oceanview, and the Outer Mission districts. He was elected on November 4, 2008 in the 2008 San Francisco elections and took office on January...
(1964-), San Francisco politician
The d'Avalos family were prominent in medieval Italy :
- Fernando d'Avalos (1489-1525), Marquess of Pescara, won the Battle of paviaBattle of PaviaThe Battle of Pavia, fought on the morning of 24 February 1525, was the decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1521–26.A Spanish-Imperial army under the nominal command of Charles de Lannoy attacked the French army under the personal command of Francis I of France in the great hunting preserve...
- Alfonso d'AvalosAlfonso d'AvalosAlfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino, 4th Marchese di Pescara e del Vasto was a condottiero of Spanish-Italian origin.He was born in Ischia, the nephew of Francesco Ferdinando I d´Ávalos, inheriting his uncle titles after 1525, fighting the French and the Venetians by his side...
(1502-1546), Italian condottiero and 4th Marquess of Pescara - Francesco Ferdinando d'ÁvalosFrancesco Ferdinando d'ÁvalosFrancesco Ferdinando d’Ávalos d'Aquino, 5th marquis of Pescara and of Vasto was commander in chief of the Spanish army in Lombardy and Piedmont, governor of the State of Milan and viceroy of Sicily ....
(1530–1571), 5th Marquess of Pescara